Jeweler&#39;s work-bench.



W. H. & G. W. LEIMAN.

JEWELERS WORK BENCH.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 11, 1911",

Application filedApriI 17, 1917. Serial No. 162,814.

.lb all "whom it may concern:

lie it known that we, WILLIAM H. LEIMAN and GEORGE W. LEIMAN, citizensof the United States, and residents of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inJewelers W'orlcBenches, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved work bench forjewelers use, in which a single bench can be converted into a doublebench or in which the parts may be reversed to use either side oi thebench.

A still further object is to provide a bench of the above character inwhich all of the precious metal dust can be saved in a ready andconvenient manner.

A practical embodiment of our invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which F igure l represents the bench in topplan,

Fig. 2 represents a front view of the same,

ll ig. 3 represents an end view, and

liigv l represents an enlarged detail ver tical section taken from frontto rear through the bench.

The supporting legs 1, 2, of the bench are surmounted by side frames 3,l. A bench top 5 is mounted upon the side frames 3, 4, which bench topis built up of a plurality oil longitudinally disposed bars gluedtogether along their vertical meeting faces and still further secured bythrough bolts 6.

la the present instance, two of these through bolts are shown.

The arm rest is denoted by 'l and the file pin by 8. The top 5 hasrecesses 9, 10, extending inwardly from its front edge for removablyreceiving the arm rest and file pin. it also has corresponding recesses11, 12, extending inwardly from its back edge for removably receivinganother arm rest and file pin when the bench is to be used as a doublebench, or the same arm rest and tile pin. where the bench is to be usedas a single reversible bench.

lhlnd coamings 13, 14-, are provided for the ends oi the table and aback coaming 15 is removably secured to the top and end coamings, as.for instance, by a series of screws Ilti. This back coaming is recessedat 17 to receive the heads of the bolts 6.

The dust pan l8 terms part of a reversible drawer which is slidablysupported on the bars 19 secured to the side frames 3, l. The dust panhas upwardly curved marginal walls to eliminate corners where the dustmight collect. The front and back bars 20, 21, and the uprising ends 22,23, oil the drawer are undercut so as to overlap the edges oi theuprising walls of the dust pan.

The dust pan 18 has a perforated portion through which the dust may beswept into a removable cup supported in a hanging bracket 26 dependingfrom the dust pan.

The tool tray 27 is removably positioned in the dust pan l8 and isprovided with a wire mesh bottom 28 through which the dust from thetools may escape into the bottom of the pan.

Some of the advantages arising from a jewelers work bench such as hereinshown and described, are as follows: The table is prevented from warpingby its built up construction. Where the table has been made of a singleplank it has been found extremely diliicult to prevent it from warpingunder various changes of climatic conditions. An other advantage is theability to reverse the arm rest and file pin when the front of the topcoaming becomes unduly worn. This may be accomplished by removing thebaclr coaming 15 and securing it along the front edge of the table. Thisbench can also be used as a double bench by removing the back coaming 15and inserting another arm rest and file pin in the recesses 11 and 12.

The construction and arrangement of the tool tray, dust pan, and cup,insures the saving of practically all of the precious metal dust.

It is evident that changes may be resorted to in the form, constructionand arrange ment of the several parts without departing from the spiritand scope of our invention as claimed: hence we do not wish to limitourselves strictly to the structure herein shown and described, but

hat we claim is:

1. In a jewelers work bench, an arm rest, a tile pin and a top havingrecesses extending inwardly from both its front and back edges "forremovably receiving said arm rest and file pin.

2. In a jiewelers worlr bench, an arm rest, a file pin, a top havingrecesses ertending inwardly from both its front and back; edges forremovably receiving said arm rest and and file pin, and a reversibledrawer includfile pm, a removable longitudmal coamlng, mg a dust pan.

and means for securing it along either the In testimony, that we claimthe foregoing front 01' back edge of the top. as our invention, We havesigned our names 3. In a jeWelers Work bench, an arm rest, this 10th dayof April, 1917.

a file pin, a top having recesses extending inwardly from both of itsfront and back WILLIAM HENRY LEIMAN.

edges for removably receiving said arm rest GEORGE WILLIAM LEIMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

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